US Patent Issued to MELCHIOR MATERIAL AND LIFE SCIENCE FRANCE on April 22 for "Stable formulations of 1-Z-bromoalk-1-ene compounds and use thereof in the manufacture of pheromones" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,068, issued on April 22, was assigned to MELCHIOR MATERIAL AND LIFE SCIENCE FRANCE (Lacq, France).

"Stable formulations of 1-Z-bromoalk-1-ene compounds and use thereof in the manufacture of pheromones" was invented by Olivier Guerret (Pern, France), Eric Gayon (Monein, France) and Loic Guillonneau (Orleans, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns new stable compositions of 1-Z-bromoalk-1-ene compounds of general formula (A). These compositions are characterized in that they also comprise either at least one cyclic ether compound comprising between 4 and 6 carbon atoms, or at least one ether of general form...